时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2015年VOA慢速英语(七)月


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AS IT IS 2015-07-23 Kenya 'Beautifies' Capital for Obama Visit 肯尼亚为奥巴马到访“美化城市”


Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, is busy preparing for the president of the United States. President Barack Obama will arrive later this week. This is Mr. Obama’s first visit to the country of his father’s birth since he was elected in 2008. The Nairobi city government has been taking steps to “beautify” the capital area before his arrival.


The city of Nairobi has launched a “beautification” project. It is part of a major program to clean up the city’s streets before President Obama’s visit.


Mr. Obama is coming to Nairobi, in part, to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit on July 25. Workers are repairing roads, planting flowers and painting some streets. They are also installing security cameras across the busy capital.


Leah Oyake-Ombis is the Chief Environment officer for the Nairobi City Council. She says the effort is about more than just welcoming one visitor.


“I think for Nairobi and especially as concerns the environmental services or rather activities, you are currently seeing us doing at the moment, we are not specifically or primarily doing them for the coming of the American president.”


She says many of the improvement plans are not new. But the work was sped up because of the visit.


Still, the people of Nairobi do hope that the president will make some announcements that will benefit their city and the country.  


She says Nairobi will be the starting point if the official announcements turn into real programs.


Nairobi is home to more than four million people. The city faces many difficult problems -- from congested roads to extreme poverty. Some issues are more than what a little paint can fix.


Most Kenyans know that Nairobi is chaotic 1, a little dirty and in need of a face-lift or major improvements. While Mr. Obama is unlikely to see large parts of the city, local residents say any improvement is a good thing.


James Onya’ncha is a Nairobi resident.


“They want to make it clean for the people who are coming to visit the country to see it more clean. But my wish is to let them continue the way they are doing at the moment, we need it to be clean and more beautiful he way it used to be before.”


Jackie is a student.


“For now, they’re doing fine because they’re making the roads and everything, so I think it’s an amazing job that they’re doing.”


Not everyone is enthusiastic with this plan. Some people have said the money spent on the visit could be used for better use.


Simon Ng’anga is a retired 2 army officer. He blames a Nairobi official for wasting a lot of money to welcome the U.S. President. He says people need the money to improve areas for working class people who live in poverty. The city administration, he adds, should give the money to these people so they can improve the quality of their lives.  


While Mr. Obama’s trip will likely be short, people in Kenya’s capital hope the benefits will last long after he is gone.


Words in This Story


beautification – n. the act of making something more beautiful


install – v. to add or make something ready for use


benefit – v. to be useful or helpful


congested – adj. crowded


chaotic – adj. wild; a condition in which behavior and events are not controlled by anything


enthusiastic – adj. feeling strong excitement about something  



adj.混沌的,一片混乱的,一团糟的
  • Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
  • The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
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